It has become a common understanding that robotization could be one of effective solutions
to address the increasing skilled labor shortage challenge in crop production, thus the …

In recent years, a large number of manipulator robots have been deployed to replace or
assist humans in many repetitive and dangerous tasks. Yet, these robots have complex …

In complex orchard environments, efficient path-planning algorithms for mobile robots are
crucial for achieving accurate autonomous navigation and mobile operations. The existence …

For the automated robotic picking of bunch-type fruit, the strategy is to roughly determine the
location of the bunches, plan the picking route from a remote location, and then locate the …

Fruit-picking robots are crucial for achieving efficient orchard harvesting. To genuinely meet
the commercial production needs of farmers, the new generation of fruit-picking robots must …

The critical issue of the robotic harvesting high-quality tea is to realize tea shoot detection,
plucking point localization, and motion planning. In addition, the accuracy and efficiency of …

Apple is a highly valued specialty crop in the US Green fruit thinning is an important
operation of apple production, which is the removal of excess fruitlets in the early summer …

In the tomato planting industry, picking is an important step in the fruit harvesting operation.
Manual picking is time-consuming and labor-intensive, and automatic picking by machines …

The environment of tomato bunches is complex, and the fruit volume is relatively large, so
manipulator picking-harvest motion planning should consider not only how to pick, but also …

Smart agricultural harvesting robots' vision recognition, control decision, and mechanical
hand modules all resemble the human eye, brain, and hand, respectively. To enable …